William Henry DAVIS

Birth:
16 Nov 1847
Trout, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
1 Aug 1927
Trout, La Salle, Louisiana
Burial:
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Marriage:
27 Dec 1865
Catahoula, Louisiana
Sources:
1900 Census - Catahoula, LA
1880 Census - Catahoula, LA
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, Oct 2008
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
1850 Census Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, pg 78
1860 Census Pine Woods, Catahoula, Louisiana, Image 55
Internet IGI, Apr 2009
Notes:
                   * Family Tradition and personal records of Carrie Perry

1850 Census Records

AKA "Billy"

Marriage records in Catahoula parish Book B page 4.

*Birth and family information from 1850 Census film 9697 p78.

State of Louisiana parish of Catahoula

* Family Tradition and personal records of Carrie Perry
1850 Census Records
AKA "Billy"
Marriage records in Catahoula parish Book B page 4.

*Birth and family information from 1850 Census film 9697 p78.
State of Louisiana parish of Catahoula
Elizabeth W. HAIR
Birth:
22 Jun 1843
Jena, Catahoula, Louisiana
Death:
22 Aug 1907
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Burial:
24 Aug 1907
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Children
Marriage
1
Sarah Emily DAVIS
Birth:
24 Apr 1867
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
13 Apr 1965
2
Robert Lee DAVIS
Birth:
18 May 1869
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
16 Nov 1951
Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana
Martha Jane HEARD 
Marr:
26 Feb 1896
Gueydan, Vermillon, Louisiana 
Notes:
                   Robert Lee Davis was a rice farmer until after WWI.  At that time the rice

market dropped out.  Robert lost almost everything they had.  They came and

stayed with William Henry Davis.  Also, Robert and wife Martha Jane Heard

are buried 7 miles mostly south of Gueydan (pronounced gay don) on their farm.

Per phone conversation between Kreg Davis and William Henry Davis during the

fall of 1991.

Robert Lee Davis was a rice farmer until after WWI.  At that time the rice
market dropped out.  Robert lost almost everything they had.  They came and
stayed with William Henry Davis.  Also, Robert and wife Martha Jane Heard
are buried 7 miles mostly south of Gueydan (pronounced gay don) on their farm.
Per phone conversation between Kreg Davis and William Henry Davis during the
fall of 1991.
3
Rebecca Melissa DAVIS
Birth:
28 Aug 1870
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
17 Nov 1959
Houston, Harris, Texas
Phineas Victor TURNLEY 
Marr:
12 Jan 1893
 
Notes:
                   Buried in Forest Park Cemetery
4
Alice Estelle DAVIS
Birth:
28 Apr 1874
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
23 Dec 1948
Jena, LaSalle, Louisiana
Willie W ADAMS 
Marr:
4 Feb 1892
 
5
Hansford Walton DAVIS
Birth:
4 May 1876
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
13 Dec 1963
Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana
Coleman Emma Aurelia FORD 
Marr:
16 Oct 1907
Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas 
6
Ida May DAVIS
Birth:
5 May 1880
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
1 Jul 1894
 
Marr:
 
7
Viola Maude DAVIS
Birth:
21 Mar 1882
Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana
Death:
James Edward TURNLEY 
Marr:
5 Jul 1908
 
Notes:
                   Catahoula Parish was divided in 1910 and made into Catahoula Parish and La

Salle Parish.
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William Henry Davis - Elizabeth W. Hair

William Henry Davis was born at Trout, La Salle, Louisiana 16 Nov 1847. His parents were Moses Davis and Sarah Cockerham.

He married Elizabeth W. Hair 27 Dec 1865 at Catahoula, Louisiana . Elizabeth W. Hair was born at Jena, Catahoula, Louisiana 22 Jun 1843 daughter of Hansford Walton Hair and Emily Baker .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Sarah Emily Davis born 24 Apr 1867.
Robert Lee Davis born 18 May 1869.
Rebecca Melissa Davis born 28 Aug 1870.
Alice Estelle Davis born 28 Apr 1874.
Hansford Walton Davis born 4 May 1876.
Ida May Davis born 5 May 1880.
Viola Maude Davis born 21 Mar 1882.

William Henry Davis died 1 Aug 1927 at Trout, La Salle, Louisiana .

Elizabeth W. Hair died 22 Aug 1907 at Summerville, La Salle, Louisiana .